On The Island

Well that was a vivid awakening at 4am, lightning and thunder! The rain just continued for a long time. It didn’t stop until 9.30 when we took Ellie to King George Park where there is the shade of the tress and a breeze from the sea.

We then collected the girls and took them for lunch at The Dog and Duck at Plucks Gutter. They have new managers there and the promise of good food. Not so! A very average pub lunch. But it was nice sitting in the garden. Gilly, Mal and I had a pie. Mine wasn’t too good but GIlly and Mal had steak and said they were good. Paula’ s chicken Caesar salad was not good. When they took the plates away, he asked if the pies were good Mal and Gilly said yes. I didn’t answer and we told him the salad was not. His reply to Paula was “Then you should have had the pie!”  Cheeky!

This was a trial for Red Hatters future lunch. No we won’t be going again.

Back home and we spent the rest of the time in our garden until the England game was on!

I had a Sainsburys order, which included some groceries for Paula.

A walk with Ellie and then Paula and Gilly arrived to stay in their AirBandB in Deal. I had to collect them from Deal station and take them to the apartment.  It was very nice, part of a huge house in Walmer, not Deal!. They had assistance all the way down here as Paula is losing her sight and Gilly has bad knees and only one eye! I can’t say all the steps in the property helped.

Having settled them in, I returned home to collect Mal, back to collect the girls and then we went to Spoons . We sat out in the garden and had food and drink.

As the evening progressed, of course we had a lot to talk about, the garden filled up with loads of youngsters. By 10pm we realised we were the oldest people in the entire place! But I have to say the young people were all so nice and polite. We took Paula and Gilly back to the apartment eventually and then back home.

 

 

An early morning walk for Ellie and then I drove the car to the garage for the MOT and service. We have changed garages, hopefully this one will be good. It has been recommended to us.

Yes, they called just before lunch, all done, no advisories and it was ready to collect. That was painless!

A work day. Very busy in the morning and then it eased off quite  a bit when the rain came.

After dinner we watched Spain v Cape Verde. That was a very good game.

We took Ellie to Knees Wood first thing. We then left her at home after her long walk and we went into town to Le Weekend. The French now have problems transporting food following Brexit so it is no longer full of French cuisine and goods. There are a couple of stalls. Others were ones that are usually at the town market anyway.

So, we went to the Quay and the Medieval day.

Our neighbours Sarah and Steve are in the last photo. Steve is a Blacksmith.

Shopping early morning and then late afternoon Lou, Ollie and Josie came round for a meal.

Sadly Rhys was working and so didn’t come. I told him I will have to book an Uber, then I can see him!!

It was nice to see them, a rare occasion as they have busy lives. Ollie is home for a few days from Padstow where he is now working for Rick Stein and loving it.

We packed up and then went to the country park for Ellie’s walk.

Then on to Hythe where we stopped at Truly Scrumptious for a pot of tea.

Mal went to the allotment when we arrived home and brought back loads more strawberries.